Essential oil composition of four popular Indian cultivars of black pepper(Piper nigrum L.)

Authors
Menon, AN Padmakumari, KP Jayalekshmy, A Gopalakrishnan, M Narayanan, CS
Citation
An. Menon et al., Essential oil composition of four popular Indian cultivars of black pepper(Piper nigrum L.), J ESSEN OIL, 12(4), 2000, pp. 431-434
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science/Nutrition
Journal title
JOURNAL OF ESSENTIAL OIL RESEARCH
ISSN journal
10412905 → ACNP
Volume
12
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
431 - 434
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-2905(200007/08)12:4<431:EOCOFP>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Four popular cultivars of black pepper from Kerala viz.. 'Karimunda,' 'Kall uvally, 'Arakulam munda' and 'Thommankody' were analyzed for a period of th ree consecutive seasons for their oil composition. Fifty five compounds wer e identified in the oils by GC and GC/MS. The main components were alpha-pi nene (2.4-11.4%;), beta-pinene(2.0-15.27%), delta-3-carene (0.1-21.0%), lim onene (9.4-21.9%) and beta-caryophyllene (19.8-45.3%).